Vishay Precision Group is a precision measurement company. It builds sensors and measurement systems that help machines understand the physical world through force, weight, pressure, stress, torque, and movement.

Thus becomes extremely important as machines become more advanced. A robot needs to know how hard it is gripping an object. A factory machine needs to know whether a part is under too much stress. A medical device needs to measure force with extreme accuracy. These are all areas where physical measurement becomes critical.

VPG operates through 3 main segments: Sensors, Weighing Solutions, and Measurement Systems. Across these segments, the company makes products such as strain gages, force sensors, load cells, precision resistors, weighing modules, and measurement systems. These components turn physical changes into electrical signals. That signal becomes data, and that data allows a machine to understand what is happening in the real world.

This is especially important in robotics. Vision can show a robot what an object looks like, but force sensing tells the robot what happens when it touches that object. Both are absolutely critical. A simple robot arm can follow a fixed path, but a more advanced robot arm needs to feel contact, measure pressure, detect slipping, and recognize when force is too high before it damages the object, the machine, or the person nearby.

The business has been stagnant for a few years. But they are finally starting to reaccelerate again. In Q1 2026, VPG reported revenue of $84.4 million, up 17.6% year over year. Orders reached $102.1 million, creating a book-to-bill ratio of 1.21, which means new orders were coming in faster than the company was converting them into revenue.

The Sensors segment was especially strong. Revenue in that segment grew 23.1% year over year in Q1 2026, helped by better demand in precision resistors, robotics, aerospace, military, and space.

Humanoid robotics is still a very early opportunity for VPG. The company reported about $1 million of humanoid orders in Q1 2026. That is still small compared with total revenue. There is still a long way to go. But if robotics takes off, VPG’s business will definitely benefit.